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Henry Ford's success with the auto assembly line indelibly imprinted the logic of having the worker stay put while the product moves. Today, in most continuous processing systems, whether in the chemical, plastics, food or any other applied area, product flows not from worker to worker, but from machine to machine each possessing a specialized processing function just as the auto worker still has his own specialized skill and purpose.
It may be an imperfect analogy to think of Ford's conception of the assembly line as an early example of a continuous processing system, but stretching the similarities does serve to underscore the system-intensive nature of processing product continuously. In reversing conventional thought, Ford effectively demonstrated the potential for more widespread application of the principles of continuous production that had been, until that time, limited to the most basic industries.
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